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Agriculture Teacher Jacob Ball Wins KY Milken Award
Carter G. Woodson Academy | Lexington, KY | Oct 27, 2023
"I chose to be an Ag teacher because of the impact that my teachers had on me," Jacob Ball tells his students and colleagues. He stops to congratulate Tyren Harris, a student who won the Fayette Public Schools Outstanding Youth Award last night. "Tyren and I were talking in the van last night on the way to Anderson County and I said the thing about being a teacher is that you have to shift that mindset of being intrinsically motivated. You have to learn and live for your students. You're not going to get an "attaboy" and a round of applause at the end of every lesson. And then this happens. Never in a million years did I think my name was going to be the one on this shiny envelope. I am beyond humbled and very proud of all of my students."
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